McCulloch Cemetery, San Antonio, TX, Samuel McCulloch, Jr., Louis Meyer, and Samuel McCulloch black plaque

San Antonio, TX, United States

McCulloch Cemetery. Samuel McCulloch, Jr. (1810-1893), wounded at the Battle of Goliad October 9, 1835, was one of the first casualties in the Texas Revolution. This site is part of land he received in 1850 as a bounty for his service. The oldest marked grave is that of his father who died in 1855.

It became known as Medina Baptist Cemetery after he deeded 1.5 acres to the church in 1861. In 1866 the congrgegation relocated and the site became a community cemetery. Buried here are area pioneers,

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